Mars Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
In a stunning new book, This is Mars, editor and designer Xavier Barral makes visual magic from images captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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Region of the Polar South, Deep Incision in the Polar Sedimentary Strata
The sedimentary strata are the result of water ice, not frozen CO2. The fractures that cut across the surface are the result of wild fluctuations in temperature that can change by as much as 100° C (212° F) over the course of a season.
